Abrdn (ABDN)

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141.10p
   
  • Change Today:
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  • 52 Week High: 236.70
  • 52 Week Low: 138.45
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,840.74m
  • Volume: 6,358,013
  • Market Cap: £2,597.29m

Abrdn annual profit rises as revenue shows first post-merger increase

By Sean Farrell

Date: Tuesday 01 Mar 2022

LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Abrdn's annual profit rose as the asset manager posted higher full-year revenue for the first time since it was formed from a merger in 2017.

Adjusted operating profit for the year to the end of December rose 47% to £323m as revenue increased to £1.52bn from £1.43bn. Pretax profit under IFRS accounting rules rose to £1.12bn from £838m.

Net outflows, excluding those from Lloyds Banking Group, were £3.2bn compared with £12.3bn a year earlier. Abrdn kept its annual dividend unchanged at 14.6p a share.

Abrdn was formed almost five years ago when Aberdeen Asset Management combined with Standard Life in a deal that combined two bastions of the Scottish financial sector. But Standard Life Aberdeen struggled as funds flowed out, including from a long-standing mandate with Lloyds's Scottish Widows arm.

Chief Executive Stephen Bird was hired in 2020 and in 2021 bought Interactive Investor for £1.5bn to tap the platform's 400,000 retail customers. He also renamed the group Abrdn in a move that attracted ridicule but which he says marks a break with the past and unifies the company's brand.

Bird said: "This was our reset year. In 2021 we set out a clear strategy for how we will create long-term sustainable growth and arrest the decline in revenue. For the first time since the merger, we have reported an increase in revenue for the full year."

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Standard Life Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 141.10p
Change Today -1.65p
% Change -1.16 %
52 Week High 236.70
52 Week Low 138.45
Volume 6,358,013
Shares Issued 1,840.74m
Market Cap £2,597.29m

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Value
81.35% above the market average81.35% above the market average81.35% above the market average81.35% above the market average81.35% above the market average
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46.17% below the market average46.17% below the market average46.17% below the market average46.17% below the market average46.17% below the market average
37.93% below the sector average37.93% below the sector average37.93% below the sector average37.93% below the sector average37.93% below the sector average
Income
93.95% above the market average93.95% above the market average93.95% above the market average93.95% above the market average93.95% above the market average
87.88% above the sector average87.88% above the sector average87.88% above the sector average87.88% above the sector average87.88% above the sector average
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48.26% below the market average48.26% below the market average48.26% below the market average48.26% below the market average48.26% below the market average
29.63% below the sector average29.63% below the sector average29.63% below the sector average29.63% below the sector average29.63% below the sector average

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Paid 30-Apr-24 26-Sep-23
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Standard Life Key Personnel

Chair Douglas J Flint
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